3 ECTS credits
75 h study time

Offer 1 with catalog number 1020373ANR for all students in the 2nd semester at a (A) Bachelor - preliminary level.

Semester
2nd semester
Enrollment based on exam contract
Impossible
Grading method
Grading (scale from 0 to 20)
Can retake in second session
Yes
Taught in
English
Faculty
Academic Language Centre
Department
Academic Center for Language Education
Educational team
Hanneke Vanhellemont
Britt Gabriëls
Louise Holtzem
Charlotte Bollansée
Nancy De Ryck
Voorzitter ACTO (course titular)
Activities and contact hours
26 contact hours Seminar, Exercises or Practicals
26 contact hours Seminar, Exercises or Practicals
50 contact hours Independent or External Form of Study
Course Content

REGULAR PROGRAMME

By means of a range of tasks, this course aims to equip students with the skills and strategies necessary to interpret reading materials in English and communicate effectively in writing. Firstly, the course focuses on reading, analysing and understanding written texts and/or audio-visual material, related to the field of criminology. Criminological vocabulary is tackled in class to help students improve their reading skills. Secondly, the course focuses on academic writing in English. Additionally, common grammar mistakes will be addressed to aid the students in their writing process.

PROGRAMME FOR WORKING STUDENTS

Registered working students will be required to complete the same tasks as regular students. Detailed instructions will be provided via the online learning platform.

Course material
Course text (Required) : References to material will be provided in class and/or on the online learning platform.
Additional info

REGULAR PROGRAMME

  • Number of contact hours: 2 hours/week
  • Self-study: 50 hours/semester

PROGRAMME FOR WORKING STUDENTS

  • Registered working students will be required to complete the same tasks as regular students. Detailed instructions will be provided via the online learning platform.
  • Self-study: 70 hours/semester
Learning Outcomes

Algemene competenties

Specific to the course:

  • To develop the skills necessary for reading, analysing and understanding subject-specific texts in English.
  • To acquire and use criminological vocabulary.
  • To be able to produce written texts relevant to the academic study of criminology and to the student's future professional life.

Specific to the degree:

  • Students work towards developing an interested, inquiring and independent attitude with regard to acquiring knowledge.

Grading

The final grade is composed based on the following categories:
Written Exam determines 35% of the final mark.
Other determines 65% of the final mark.

Within the Written Exam category, the following assignments need to be completed:

  • Written exam with a relative weight of 1 which comprises 35% of the final mark.

    Note: Written exam / Schriftelijk examen

Within the Other category, the following assignments need to be completed:

  • Continuous assessment with a relative weight of 1 which comprises 65% of the final mark.

    Note: Continuous assessment / Permanente evaluatie

Additional info regarding evaluation

Further details will be provided at the start of the semester and via the online learning platforms.

Students who have not participated in both assessment components for this course (continuous assessment and written exam) are not able to pass this course in the first exam session.

Students who wish to be examined in the second exam session are required to retake the assessment components for which they received an overall fail score (lower than 50%) or AFW score. 

For each assessment component, the course instructor(s) will explicitly indicate the permissibility of using generative AI, specifying whether its usage is prohibited, limited to certain extents, or fully permitted. Non-compliance with these specifications will be considered academic fraud and penalised accordingly. 

Bijkomende informatie wordt aangereikt aan het begin van het semester en via het online leerplatform.

Studenten die niet hebben deelgenomen aan beide evaluatiecomponenten (permanente evaluatie en schriftelijk examen) kunnen niet slagen voor dit vak in de eerste zittijd.

Studenten die in de tweede zittijd wensen te worden beoordeeld voor het vak, zijn verplicht om elk beoordelingsonderdeel waarvoor ze niet zijn geslaagd (score van minder dan 50%) of een 'AFW' beoordeling hebben gekregen, opnieuw af te leggen.    

Voor elk beoordelingsonderdeel zullen de cursusinstructeurs expliciet aangeven of het gebruik van generatieve AI is toegestaan, waarbij wordt aangegeven of het gebruik verboden is, beperkt is tot bepaalde mate, of volledig is toegestaan. Niet-naleving van deze specificaties zal worden beschouwd als academische fraude en overeenkomstig worden bestraft.

Allowed unsatisfactory mark
The supplementary Teaching and Examination Regulations of your faculty stipulate whether an allowed unsatisfactory mark for this programme unit is permitted.

Academic context

This offer is part of the following study plans:
Bachelor of Criminology: Standaard traject (only offered in Dutch)